after parking our car, we took the boat across the lake
and we did that hike back (11km, 2h20-ish)
then we hiked down around and back down to the lake
after parking our car, we took the boat across the lake
and we did that hike back (11km, 2h20-ish)
then we hiked down around and back down to the lake
caves were dark, even when some light came in, this is without firesword
and lit with firesword, 4000 lumens
actually I had 2 fireswords, one set on low (1000 lumens), and one set on high (4000 lumens)
some lava tubes were quite big
sometimes the cave split up, more than once even
at times, it really looked like a tube
other times, it was triangular
it was quite hot outside, and yet cool enough for ice at the bottom
nice plaques explaining the views
the roof got low eventually, Jennifer went to check it out (my light)
that was Jennifer coming back with only her light on
I found a hole at the end of the cave and was able to descend to a smaller cave with ice
Jennifer was a bit worried, the path in looked like it could collapse, but she came to check it out too
the pictographs by the entrance were hard to find, but Jennifer found them
the native americans lived in small cool caves like this one
we got a escort through a one way section of the road up
we arrived by the visitor center smack when it opened (09:00).
we didn't get lucky enough to see a pika this time
the park also has a Cinder Cone crater, which I failed to fly by
this big rock was moved by glaciers
it's full of big rocks that got brought by glaciers